Sunday Service for 7 March 2021
The service for Sunday 7 March 2021 is now available:
The service for Sunday 7 March 2021 is now available:
Joel 2:21-29 Luke 4:14-21 145 years ago our ancestors laid the foundation stone of this edifice. The fourth building we’ve occupied, and one designed and located to tell the world that we’re a true church with a permanent presence. There can be a tendency on a Church Anniversary to think quite specifically about our building,…
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 I once read a murder mystery in which the secret lay in patchwork quilt in a farm in north Wales. It turned out that an old lady had inadvertently discovered a particular mathematical formula years ahead of the academics, as she had stitched together her quilt. Patchwork is what we have this…
Deuteronomy 26:12-13 James 1:26-27 Even by Monday evening, there was already an internet campaign for the re-broadcasting of the Oxo television adverts, the day Lynda Bellingham died. National treasure has been over-used to the point of becoming meaningless, but Lynda Bellingham was certainly a popular and much loved actress and television presenter. I think those…
Psalm 103 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 There was a Rabbi who once remarked that every morning people should get on their knees and thank God that they’re still on their two feet. Today we’re saying thank you, thank you to everyone in the church and thank you to God. Our psalm is an outpouring of thanksgiving…
Genesis 4:8-15 Micah 4:1-4 John 15:12-17 In the years after the First World War, war memorials were a contentious subject. Not whether there should be any, but where they should be sited, what form they should take, and whose names were to be included or excluded. But then, if you watch Downton Abbey you know…
Luke 24:13-35 It’s good to be here this evening. In the light of what happened in these last few days, my travelling companion Cleopas and I felt it imperative that we come and tell you about our incredible experiences. Cleopas has gone to Elstead, so I’ve come to Farnham tonight to speak to you. Cleopas…